to import for sale, or sell beer in wholesale or jobbing quantities to one or more retail licensees or off-premise beer retailers. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
Commission: means the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission created in Section 32B-2-201. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
Department: means the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services created in Section 32B-2-203. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
A beer wholesaler licensee shall post a cash bond or surety bond in the penal sum of $10,000 payable to the department.
(b)
A beer wholesaler licensee shall procure and maintain a bond required by this section for as long as the beer wholesaler licensee continues to operate as a beer wholesaler licensee.
(2)
A bond posted under this section shall be:
(a)
in a form approved by the attorney general; and
(b)
conditioned upon a beer wholesaler licensee’s faithful compliance with this title and the rules of the commission.
(3)
If a surety bond posted by a beer wholesaler licensee under this section is canceled due to a beer wholesaler licensee’s negligence, the department may assess a $300 reinstatement fee.
(4)
No part of a bond posted under this section may be withdrawn during the period the beer wholesaling license is in effect.
(5)
(a)
A bond posted under this section by a beer wholesaler licensee may be forfeited if the beer wholesaling license is revoked.
(b)
Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), the department may make a claim against a bond posted by a beer wholesaler licensee for money owed the department under this title without the commission first revoking the beer wholesaling license.
